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A Beginner's Guide To Test Automation With Javascript (Nightwatch.js). Part 1.

Welcome to the “A beginners guide to test automation with Javascript(Nightwatch.js)”! This is a three-part blog series to kick start writing web UI automation using Nightwatch.js. In the following parts you will learn: Sounds exciting? Let’s get started! Writing a script in JavaScript (JS) and Nightwatch.js, aka Nightwatch (NW), is simple once you get started and this guide will help anyone regardless of their skill level.

Considerations for Deploying a Multi-Cloud Architecture with Kong Gateway, Kuma Service Mesh and Aviatrix

Building a multi-region or multi-cloud environment for your applications requires a lot of attention. In a typical deployment, you would have an API gateway running close to the several application runtimes. You should enhance your deployment to support different regions in a given cloud, or in an even more distributed and hybrid scenario, multiple services running across other public clouds and on-premise environments.

End-to-End Testing on a JS App

There’s no doubt which programming language is winning the battle for global supremacy right now. JavaScript has powered past the 12 million developers mark, and 5 million of its loyal fans (some 40%) have come aboard within the last three years. Initially thought of as merely a Java spin-out, it is now used to power everything from machine learning libraries to space exploration robots. But to truly maximize the potential of JavaScript, developers have to implement an effective testing regime.

Geospatial data processing with streaming SQL for Apache Kafka

An old airport customer of mine (whilst I worked for another company) used to pop someone next to a busy runway with a stopwatch strapped round their neck. The unfortunate person had to manually log the time aircrafts spent on the runway to measure the runway occupancy. All very archaic. Even in those days.

Web performance: How to load test

Website owners commonly ask why they need a website performance load tester. Throughout web history, some extremely popular sites have had their fair share of serious downtimes. Either they get massive traffic volumes, or their website simply crashes. Thus, web performance load tester services check the application’s ability to perform under anticipated user loads.

Xplenty Workspaces

Today we are delighted to introduce our new Workspaces feature that allows users to organize and group their packages together. It’s always been a bit challenging to organize packages within Xplenty especially if you have hundreds of packages, or if there are many users using the account. Finally, all those issues should be addressed by the new Xplenty Workspace feature.

How to Safeguard Sensitive Data with Security Controls

According to the Ponemon Institutes, "Cost of a Data Breach" report, a data breach's total global cost averaged $3.86 million in 2020. However, a data breach's implications go far beyond financial losses; it can severely hinder an organization's operational capacity and compliance structures.

Digital Transformation: What Does It Mean for Enterprise Organizations?

From tiny startups to massive Fortune 500 firms, businesses of all sizes and industries are making heavier investments in digital transformation initiatives. Yet despite this increased awareness and effort, too many large enterprises are still struggling to adapt to a rapidly changing business landscape.

"More than 60% of Our Pipelines Have SLAs," Say Unravel Customers at Untold

Unravel Data recently held its first-ever customer conference, Untold 2020. We promoted Untold 2020 as a convocation of #datalovers. And these #datalovers generated some valuable data – including the interesting fact that more than 60% of surveyed customers have SLAs for either “more than 50% of their pipelines” (42%) or “all of their pipelines” (21%). All of this ties together.